''Chaerilus'' is a genus of

scorpion Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always endi ...

s in the family

Chaerilidae Chaerilidae is a family of scorpions. It contains two genera, the extant ''Chaerilus ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus ''Electrochaer ...

. They live in tropical parts of

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and

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...

. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the

Late Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', ...

( Cenomanian) aged

Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. ...

Description

Total length is 15 to 75.4 mm. Orthobothriotaxy is type B. Pedipalp patella with 3 ventral trichobothria and pedipalp femur with 9 trichobothria. Ventral edge of cheliceral movable finger is crenulated. Ventrum of cheliceral fixed finger with denticle. Hemisperatophore fusiform. Pedipalp chela exhibits "8-carinae" configuration. Fifth metasomal segment consists with a single ventral carina. Legs are without tibial spurs. However prolateral and retrolateral pedal have spurs. Telson is without a subaculear tubercle.

Species

It contains the following species: *''

Chaerilus agilis ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Descripti ...

'' Pocock, 1899 *''

Chaerilus andamanensis ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Descripti ...

'' Lourenço, Duhem & Leguin, 2011 *''

Chaerilus annapurna ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus ''Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Description Tot ...

'' Lourenço & Duhem, 2010 *''

Chaerilus anneae ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Descripti ...

'' Lourenço, 2012 *''

Chaerilus assamensis ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Description T ...

'' Kraepelin, 1913 *''

Chaerilus borneensis ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Description T ...

'' Simon, 1880 *'' Chaerilus cavernicola'' Pocock, 1894 *''

Chaerilus celebensis ''Chaerilus celebensis'' also known as the Asian bush scorpion or speckled bush scorpion is a species of scorpion from the family Chaerilidae. It was described in 1894 by Reginald Innes Pocock, using material from Luwu on the island of Sulawes ...

'' Pocock, 1894 *'' Chaerilus ceylonensis'' Pocock, 1894 *'' Chaerilus chapmani'' Vachon & Lourenço, 1985 *''

Chaerilus cimrmani ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Description T ...

'' Kovařík, 2012 *''

Chaerilus conchiformus ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Description T ...

'' Zhu, Han & Lourenço, 2008 *''

Chaerilus dibangvalleycus ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Description T ...

'' Bastawade, 2006 *''

Chaerilus granulatus ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Description T ...

'' Kovarík, Lowe, Hoferek, Forman & Král, 2015 *''

Chaerilus hofereki ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Description T ...

'' Kovarik, Kral, Korinkova & Lerma, 2014 *''

Chaerilus insignis ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Description T ...

'' Pocock, 1894 *''

Chaerilus julietteae ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Description T ...

'' Lourenço, 2011 *''

Chaerilus kampuchea ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Description T ...

'' Lourenço, 2012 *''

Chaerilus laevimanus ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Description T ...

'' Pocock, 1899 *''

Chaerilus laoticus ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Description T ...

'' Lourenço & Zhu, 2008 *''

Chaerilus lehtrarensis ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Descripti ...

'' Khatoon, 1999 *''

Chaerilus longimanus ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Description T ...

'' Kovarík, Lowe, Hoferek, Forman & Král, 2015 *'' Chaerilus mainlingensis'' Di & Zhu, 2009 *'' Chaerilus petrzelkai'' Kovařík, 2000 *'' Chaerilus ojangureni'' Kovařík, 2005 *''

Chaerilus phami ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Descripti ...

'' Lourenço, 2011 *''

Chaerilus philippinus ''Chaerilus philippinus'' is a species of scorpion native to the Philippines. Description Adult ''C. philippinus'' range from 15 mm to 19 mm in total length. Scorpions of this species may be reddish-yellow to reddish-brown in colo ...

'' Lourenço & Ythier, 2008 *'' Chaerilus pictus'' (Pocock, 1890) *''

Chaerilus rectimanus ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Descripti ...

'' Pocock, 1899 *'' Chaerilus robinsoni'' Hirst, 1911 *'' Chaerilus sabinae'' Lourenço, 1995 *''

Chaerilus seiteri ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus ''Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Description Tot ...

'' Kovařík, 2012 *''

Chaerilus sejnai ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus ''Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Description Tot ...

'' Kovařík, 2005 *''

Chaerilus solegladi ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Descripti ...

'' Kovařík, 2012 *'' Chaerilus spinatus'' Lourenço & Duhem, 2010 *'' Chaerilus telnovi'' Lourenço, 2009 *''

Chaerilus terueli ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Descripti ...

'' Kovařík, 2012 *''

Chaerilus tessellatus ''Chaerilus tessellatus'' is a species of scorpion in the Chaerilidae Chaerilidae is a family of scorpions. It contains two genera, the extant ''Chaerilus'' (Simon, 1877) and the extinct ''Electrochaerilus'' (Santiago-Blay, Fet, Soleglad & A ...

'' Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005 *'' Chaerilus thai'' Lourenço, Sun & Zhu, 2010 *'' Chaerilus tichyi'' Kovařík, 2000 *'' Chaerilus tricostatus'' Pocock, 1899 *'' Chaerilus truncatus'' Karsch, 1879 *''

Chaerilus tryznai ''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber. Description T ...

'' Kovařík, 2000 *'' Chaerilus variegatus'' Simon, 1877 *'' Chaerilus vietnamicus'' Lourenço & Zhu, 2008 *'' Chaerilus wrzecionkoi'' Kovařík, 2012

References

Scorpion genera Chaerilidae Fauna of Southeast Asia {{scorpion-stub